Accelerated Reader List

Science Links Page

Airships--think Zepplins!

www.airships.net

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blairship.htm

www.kids.net.au/encyclopedia/?p=ai/Airship
www.airship-association.org/whatis.html
http://www.piratesinfo.com
www.myairship.com
Get information on Ken Oppel's novel, Airborn: www.airborn.ca
Design school for aero engineers http://www.planemath.com/activities/pmenterprises/index.html

Adaptations

FISH:  http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/sustain/adapt.html

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/education/adapt/adapt.htm

All about fish: http://www.seaworld.org/aquademics/tetra/all_about_fish2.htm

PLANKTON:

Phytoplankton: http://www.childrenoftheearth.org/Kid's%20Entries/phytoplankton.htm

ZOOPLANKTON: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/plankton/Planktonprintout.shtml

http://marinebio.org/Oceans/zooplankton.asp

Natural History Museum's On-line Expeditions Natural History Museum's on-line expeditions http://www.nhm.org/education/online/index.html
 

http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/Hotspots/california_floristic/

Guinea Pigs

http://www.mgpr.org/MGPR/Guinea%20Pig%20Sounds.htm
http://www.caviesgalore.com/game/

Dissection Pictures with labels http://biog-101-104.bio.cornell.edu/BioG101_104/tutorials/animals/crayfish.html

http://crayfish.byu.edu/
http://www.nativefish.asn.au/spiny.html

Crayfish Webquest

Crayfish Moulting Picture http://www.teara.govt.nz/EarthSeaAndSky/SeaLife/CrabsCrayfishAndOtherCrustaceans/1/ENZ-Resources/Standard/2/en#breadcrumbtop

Take a quiz! http://rcs.rome.ga.us/hargett/biology/arthpod/craydia.htm
http://www.mackers.com/crayfish/info.htm#behaviour

http://archnet.asu.edu/

magic schoolhouse archaeology game
http://ancienthistory.pppst.com/archaeology.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/galleries/inca/photo3.html

Fantastic Inca movies from National Geo
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/inca/
slide show that explains Inca archaeology
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/mummy/splash/splash.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/icemummies/textindex.html
npr reports of Lima find
http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2002/apr/mummies/
NPR radio expedition on Inca Temples of Peru
http://www.npr.org/programs/re/archivesdate/2002/feb/peru/020204.peru.html

The Astronomy Page: The Solar System and Beyond

NASA's "Featured Sites"

Earth Sun Day

Kids--Visit this site and view everything! JPL Virtual Tour

Science Dabbling: |The Solar System and Beyond| |Space|

Space Cereal Project (from 3/2010)
Directions    Side Panel 1    Side Panel 2    Rubric    Jingle Headquarters

Puzzlemaker
Extra

 Chains

Wetlands Survival Game! http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/WEtlands/WetlandGames/WetlandSurvival/SurvivalGame2.html

http://www.arcytech.org/java/population/facts_foodchain.html

http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/F/FoodChains.html

http://qldscienceteachers.tripod.com/junior/biology/foodchains.html

http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/FoodChain/FoodChain.htm

http://www.pbs.org/edens/etosha/fm_foodchain.htm

http://www.kidport.com/grade4/science/foodchain.htm

http://www.cas.psu.edu/DOCS/WEBCOURSE/WETLAND/WET1/balnat.html

Chaparral Food Chain http://www.lalc.k12.ca.us/uclasp/urban_science/food_chains/breeding.htm

Bald Eagle Cam at Channel Islands:
Watch mother eagle nesting (eggs beneath)

Owls!
Pellet Dissection

Pellets to buy: 1   2
Owls--Elena's

Leaf Morphology

Leaf Quiz

Seeds

Stomata and more

Tree

Challenge Explorations: Botany

http://www.botanical-online.com/lahojaangles.htm

http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/CASDEPT/Hort/LeafID/Lesson3.html

http://forestry.about.com/library/tree/blpart_leaf.htm

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts2c.html

http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookPLANTANAT.html

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/j/m/jmh173/objone.htm

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plants/plantid2/drawings/drawing_leaf_parts.html

Slide Show http://chesterfield.k12.va.us/Schools/Hening_ES/plant/plant.ppt

http://www.scsc.k12.ar.us/GannK/monograp.htm

wiki seed info with good trivia and great maple seed floating pix
http://en.wikivisual.com/index.php/Seed

http://www.saburchill.com/chapters/chap0025.html

http://csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/tfplab/vegchar.htm

(advanced) http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/Chromatography_paper.html

cute build a dinosaur http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/dinosaurs/buildadino/index.htm

 This link is from BBC and relates to a program they ran on dinosaurs. Many good links. Y
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/

A great fact site from USGS:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dinosaurs/

Dinosaur Facts
http://www.mantyweb.com/dinosaur/dinosaur_facts.htm

Teachers for Dinosaurs:
http://www.burpee.org/education/burpee_dino.pdf

A GREAT, EASY WAY TO MAKE SOME QUICK FOSSILS PLUS THE LESSON PLAN FOR IT
http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=4854&external=http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Paleontology/PAL0200.html&original=http://www.proteacher.com/110055.shtml&title=Fossils
Dinosaur Heads for Your Wall
http://www.animalhead.com/dinosaurs.html

Worksheets, line art to color, etc:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/

childrensmuseum.org

Virtual Dino Dig
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/dinosphere/dragonsunearthed/index.htm

Wetlands Ecology

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/geokits/additionallinks.html#rocks

http://froggy.lbl.gov/

national health museum great health science lessons... http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/index.html

Cloud Count Day 2009

Weather\Hurricanes.htm
Hurricane Tracking (Rita ) http://www.hurricanetrack.com/Java2/westgulf.html

http://hurricane.terrapin.com/
 

http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/2005/RITA/track.dat
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT3+shtml/221138.shtml

(Ivan)  http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/2004/IVAN/track.dat
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT3+shtml/210551.shtml

Hurricane Tracking Map http://usatoday.com/weather/wtrack.htm

VOD

Neptune's Web

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/science/scilinks_teachers.html

UV

Waves

Light & SOund

EMG

Advanced

Light
http://www.harcourtschool.com/teacher_resources/webliography/light.html

http://www.opticalres.com/kidoptx.html
http://www.linktolearning.com/optics/optics2.htm
http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Science/Physics/Light_and_Optics/

UV Bead Lesson
http://www.rainbowsymphony.com/teacherlesson2.htm
NASA'S UV BEAD LESSON PDF
http://media.nasaexplores.com/lessons/03-061/5-8_2.pdf

http://home.cord.edu/faculty/manning/physics215/studentpages/angieevanson.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_spectrum
simple illustration:
http://www.starchildscience.org/light_files/waveupdown.jpg
http://www.msstate.edu/dept/geosciences/CT/TIG/WEBSITES/RESEARCH/Joan_Roueche/#WAVES
Light Waves
http://www.howstuffworks.com/light2.htm
EMG Spectrum http://science.hq.nasa.gov/kids/imagers/ems/visible.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light
Cool animation, but the science is a bit advanced:
http://www.rkm.com.au/ANIMATIONS/animation-sine-wave.html
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/GBSSCI/PHYS/Class/sound/u11l1a.html

Images of EMG

http://www.hermes-program.gr/img/figures/emrinfo_1_en.jpg

http://serc.carleton.edu/images/usingdata/nasaimages/electro-spectrum.gif

http://www.weizmann.ac.il/safety/images/electromagnetic.jpg

http://lot.astro.utoronto.ca/images/spectrum.png

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/physics/waves/reflectionrefractionanddiffractionrev1.shtml
http://www.play-hookey.com/optics/reflrefr1.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/physics/waves/reflectionrefractionanddiffractionrev1.shtm

advanced waves animations
http://www.gmi.edu/~drussell/Demos/waves/wavemotion.html

simple reflection and refraction
http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/36.asp

Teacher Prep: http://www.fossweb.com/CA/modules3-6/MatterandEnergy/index.html

 http://www.scsc.k12.ar.us/TuttS/fossil_formation.htm

http://www.backyardnature.net/g/fossils.htm

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleo/fossils/

http://www.fossils-facts-and-finds.com/fossil_identification.html

Fossil ID site http://www.uky.edu/KGS/fossils/fossilid.htm#c

Fossil shark teeth guide http://www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/sharkteeth/index.html

Fossil images to click on http://www.uky.edu/OtherOrgs/KPS/pages/fossilphoto.html

Find fossils in California http://www.gtlsys.com/Fossils.html

Visit the American Museum of Natural History for fantastic information and activities.
 

 http://www.ric.edu/ptiskus/chemical/

http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/science9/chemistry/lesson8.html

http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/essential/physicalsci/session4/closer1.html

http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_chemphys.html

Atoms

http://livefromcern.web.cern.ch/livefromcern/antimatter/kids/AM-kids00.html
http://aip.org/history/
http://particleadventure.org/particleadventure/
 

http://mychemistrypage.future.easyspace.com/General/Atomic_Structure/Animations/Bohr_atom.htm
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/quantumzone/bohr.html
 

Energy:

Light & Sound Waves

OPTICS

http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/wondernetdisplay.html?DOC=wondernet%5Cactivities%5Celectric%5Cindex.html

Thomas Edison Interactive Game Make your own light bulb!

http://www.kidscanmakeit.com/SN0002.htm
http://www.si.edu/harcourt/h_si/powering/prehist/prehist.htm (Our Science book enrichment via Smithsonian) http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/auto/1/77.html
Science Vocabulary for study of Electricity & Magnetism
http://www.kidscanmakeit.com/SN0002.htm#1%20Introduction:

See good demos on circuits http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/changing_circuits.shtml
http://www.hometrainingtools.com/articles/batteries-electromagnets-science-teaching-tip.html

http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/electricity.html

Fuel Information Site

http://www.starchildscience.org/light_files/waveupdown.jpg
http://www.msstate.edu/dept/geosciences/CT/TIG/WEBSITES/RESEARCH/Joan_Roueche/#WAVES
Light Waves
http://www.howstuffworks.com/light2.htm
EMG Spectrum http://science.hq.nasa.gov/kids/imagers/ems/visible.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light
Cool animation, but the science is a bit advanced:
http://www.rkm.com.au/ANIMATIONS/animation-sine-wave.html
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/GBSSCI/PHYS/Class/sound/u11l1a.html
advanced waves animations
http://www.gmi.edu/~drussell/Demos/waves/wavemotion.html

http://www.optics4kids.com/

http://www.opticalres.com/kidoptx_f.html

http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/explore/optics.htm

http://www.asij.ac.jp/elementary/links/currlink/light.htm

Shadows!

Bob Miller's Light Walks... http://www.exploratorium.edu/sln/light_walk/

Shadow Knows http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirt/shadow.htm

http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio104/photosyn.htm

http://www.ftexploring.com/photosyn/photosynth.html#Everyday

http://www.ktca.org/newtons/9/phytosy.html

 http://www.psigate.ac.uk/roads/cgi-bin/psisearch.pl?term1=identification&limit=0&subject=All
rock and mineral identification sites http://www.psigate.ac.uk/roads/cgi-bin/psisearch.pl?term1=identification&limit=0&subject=All

 

http://sciencespot.net/Pages/kidzone.html

http://particleadventure.org/particleadventure/

Kids--Visit this site and view everything! JPL Virtual Tour

Space Toilet Movie

This NASA youtube movie cannot be viewed via LAUSD. Great, short movie with plenty of info.
http://www.tubecodes.com/watch=HUe2HcFUPSo
via yahoo (might work) http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=719635&fr=&cache=1

1   2    3  

http://insected.arizona.edu/mealinfo.htm

http://www.newton.k12.ks.us/tech/life_cycle_of_the_mealworm.htm

http://www.javafinch.co.uk/feed/live/live.html

Visit the American Museum of Natural History for fantastic information and activities.

On Line Exhibits
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/

Periodic Table Comics Wow
http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/

http://www.fossweb.com/CA/modules3-6/MatterandEnergy/index.html